Alvin Chan and Gary Wallace won their respective divisions in the fall session of the CSL.

 

A great session that saw a nice mix of new players and players that have been at the game for a long time.

 

Alvin Chan put in an impressive performance.  He didn’t lose a frame in the entire session and had a break of 102 in one of his matches.  Alvin, who won the first BC Open qualifier in September, is looking to be a big favourite when the BC Open goes down in March.

 

Gary Wallace was able to beat out Rajbir Singh in the final, 3-1, to collect the trophy.  Gary who has been trying hard to get a spot in the BC Open and has come just short in previous qualfiers.  He will try hard in the final qualifier on Jan. 13, 2024 to book a spot in the Open.

 

On that note, you don’t have to win a qualifier to get into the BC Open, you can still pay your way in.  However if you are to win a qualifying event you will get a place in the knockout round and will not have to play in the round robin leading up to the final 16.

 

Thanks to all the clubs that help out during this session of the CSL to make the league a success.

 

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Shootout Tournament/Christmas Party Wrap Up

 

Gordon Wu Beats the clock to be 2023 BC Snooker Shootout Champ

 

Lots of smiles around the room as the drama on the table was fantastic!!!  Gordon Wu, who took out last year’s champ Bill Yang in the semifinals, weathered the storm from Amandeep Singh in the final, to hoist the trophy and book a spot into the BC Open.  Congratulations Gordon!!!!

In addition, great food and drink were had by all to make it a wonderful party to finish off the year.

 

Big thanks to Jonathan Sun and the crew at Top 147 that helped us have a great tournament and party.  Thanks to Godfrey Chan and the team at ReMax for their support to make the event a success!!  In addition, much gratitude to Rob Johnson and the crew at AAA labs with creating the poster to get the word out to everyone about the tournament.  Thanks to Sam Tonning for his help behind the scenes, and thanks to all the players that showed up and gave it their best.  All big thanks to our referees Reed Unger, Dalton Roy, Gary Wallace, and Hanna Lisovenko.  Also thank you so much to our scorekeepers Baltej Atwal, Vinit Dassani, and Duncan Banks.  As well thanks to Jessie, our great bartender.

 

BC Team Tournament

In addition, I mentioned the BC team tournament at the shootout event.  We have 2 teams signed up already and we are going to capped it at 8 teams.

 

Qualifying Tournament for Seattle Snooker Open

Also on Jan. 27-28, 2024 we will host a qualifying tournament for the Seattle Snooker Open.  We are working on the final details for the qualifying tournament, so once that is done we will open up registration.  The Seattle Snooker Open will run from Mar. 15-17, 2024.

 

BC Open

The BC Open is scheduled for March 8-10, 2024, this will be confirmed very soon.  Registration will be opening soon, but mark the tournament date on your calendar.